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Jeff Gray

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #60

Born: November 19, 1981 in Texas City, TX, United States
MLB debut: September 8, 2008

dbWAR: -.7
IP: 52.0
ERA: 5.71
FIP: 5.84
K/9: 4.5
FIP−: 146

Jeff Gray was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2012 he struck out 26 batters over 52.0 innings across 49 appearances, going 6-1. His ERA of 5.71 was 42.3% higher than the league average of 4.01 — 17th of 20 on his team, and 430th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.84 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.0% of swings (8.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.0%. His -0.8 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2012 regular season.

FIP5.84

K/94.5

WHIP1.54

WAR-.8

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2012	MIN	49	52.0	6	1	0	58	33	26	22	5.71	5.84	1.54	4.5	3.8	142	146	-0.8
2011	SEA/CWS	30	48.1	0	1	1	52	23	23	21	4.28	4.52	1.51	4.3	3.9	109	115	-0.1
2010	CHC	7	9.1	1	0	0	12	7	4	5	6.75	5.54	1.82	3.9	4.8	165	136	-0.1
2009	OAK	24	26.1	0	1	0	30	11	19	4	3.76	3.82	1.29	6.5	1.4	87	88	0.3
2008	OAK	5	4.2	0	0	0	8	4	4	1	7.71	5.49	1.93	7.7	1.9	178	127	-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	94	82	26	6	9	9	.317	.394	.646	.443	9.6%
vs RHB	142	127	32	3	13	17	.252	.331	.370	.316	12.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Jeff Gray throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	40.8%	345	86.2	562	48.7%	23.9%	89	.258	.710
Four-Seam Fastball	34.3%	290	92.7	1,571	42.4%	12.2%	69	.275	.839
Sinker	20.4%	172	93.1	2,042	39.0%	11.8%	42	.333	1.081
Changeup	4.5%	38	88.5	1,568	26.3%	6.3%	10	—	—

Jeff Gray's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2012 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Everett TeafordKC

ERA: 4.99
FIP: 5.41
SO: 35
WAR: -0.5

Manny CorpasCHC

ERA: 5.01
FIP: 5.19
SO: 28
WAR: -0.4

Joe SaveryPHI

ERA: 5.40
FIP: 4.97
SO: 16
WAR: -0.1

Chad JenkinsTOR

ERA: 4.50
FIP: 5.25
SO: 16
WAR: -0.2

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.